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| 19 Sep 1946 CE | Winston Churchill calls for a "kind of United States of Europe" in a speech he gives at the Zurich University. | |
| 17 Dec 1946 CE | The European Federalists Union is set into place in Paris. | |
| 14 May 1947 CE | Fostered by Winston Churchill, the United Europe Movement is created. It is hostile to supranational organs and in favour of an intergovernmental cooperation. | |
| 27 May 1952 CE | European Defense Community forms. The Six (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands) sign in Paris the European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty. | |
| 1954 CE | European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect. | |
| 1955 CE | West Europe Union established | |
| 25 Mar 1957 CE | Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (the EEC or "Common Market"). It is signed by the Six countries; Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) in Rome. | |
| 1 Jan 1958 CE | The Treaties of Rome enter into force and the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market) starts operation. | |
| 1958 CE | Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, when they become the founder members of the EEC (European Economic Community). | |
| 1960 CE | The Benelux treaty goes into effect. | |
| 9 Aug 1961 CE | Britain applies for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC or "Common Market"). | |
| 1964 CE | ESRO established, European Space Research Organization | |
| 1964 CE | European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan | |
| 1972 CE | British Parliament votes to join European Common Market | |
| 1973 CE | Britain, Ireland and Denmark become the 7th 8th and 9th members of the EEC. | |
| 1 Aug 1975 CE | The Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe was adopted in Helsinki by 33 European nations the US and Canada. | |
| 1975 CE | European Space Agency (ESA) forms | |
| 1975 CE | Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market | |
| 17 Mar 1979 CE | European Monetary System comes into effect and the ECU is created. | |
| 1979 CE | European Market accepts Greece as member | |
| 1981 CE | Greece is 10th country to join European Economic Community. | |
| 1982 CE | Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament | |
| 28 Feb 1986 CE | The Single European Act modifying the Treaty of Rome is signed in Luxembourg and The Hague. | |
| Mar 1987 CE | Soviet President Gorbachev proposes elimination of European short and medium range missiles and later NATO and West Germany support Gorbachev's proposal with some changes | |
| Dec 1987 CE | The US and Soviet Union signed the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty agreeing to remove these weapons from Europe | |
| 1987 CE | The 12 nations of the European Community (EC) found MEDIA and the European Film Distribution Office to offer financial incentives for distributors to handle imported films. | |
| 1987 CE | The victory of the Nationalist Party in Malta marks a move toward European integration. Eddie Fenech Adami becomes prime minister. | |
| 1989 CE | RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) formed (by European service providers) to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of the pan-European IP Network | |
| 1989 CE | 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000 | |
| Nov 1990 CE | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe formally ends the Cold War and reduces Warsaw Pact and NATO conventional forces | |
| 1990 CE | European court rules the same pension rights should be available for both men and women. | |
| 1990 CE | Malta submits its application for full membership of the European Union (EU).
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| 1 Jan 1992 CE | European Community removes all inner boundaries. | |
| 1993 CE | 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone | |
| 1995 CE | Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union (EU) making a total of 15 countries. | |
| 1995 CE | Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of European Committee | |
| 1999 CE | European Parliament proposes banning the caching of Web pages by ISPs | |
| 1 Jan 2002 CE | In Europe, 50 billion new Euro coins and 14 billion new Euro notes began circulating in the 12 participating countries. | |
| 9 Mar 2003 CE | The inhabitants of Malta voted to join the EU. The vote was 53.6% for and 46.4% with a turnout of 91% of the 300,000 electorate. | |
| 16 Apr 2003 CE | Ten new European Union member states sign the fifth EU enlargement treaty in Athens. The formal EU entry date was set for May 2004; subject to ratification by each member state. The new states were: Cyprus, Czeck Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Sovenia. | |
| 1 May 2004 CE | Ten new European Union member states join the EU, making a total of 25. The new states were: Cyprus, Czeck Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Sovenia. | |
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